The Big Dream Calls & Walking Thru The Desert

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#bigdreams, #desert, #dream, #iam, #ican, #mydreamisalive, #unwritten, #walkingthruthedesert, Change, freedom, Gratitude, healthy, Limitation, Love, obstacles, persevere, Reality Television, Self Exploration, Transformational Talk

The Big Dream Calls

It’s finally happened, you’ve got the scent, a glimpse of one of those big dreams; one at the top of your bucket list. The one that you were going to do “someone day” is screaming to be done “today.”

Next come the posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter you pick the social media. “Be Fearless – Chase Your Dream,” “If You Can Believe It You Can Achieve It,” a stream of quotes from The Law of Attraction.

You turn on your tv to see the tears of someone who made “it” against all odds and you burst into tears with them. The television is filled with reality shows where the every day person WINS. You start to imagine what it would feel like when you get to live the dream. A wave of warm fuzzy blankets you…It’s all inspiring, motivating and mostly enviable. I want that to be me!

Now you can’t stop thinking about it, the big dream. The more you think about it, the more you want it, the more you want it, the more it seems doable, and crazy and then doable again.

You begin to believe your life can be lived the way you want it to be, and you can actually do it. You begin to strategize, comtemplate the “how” of it. Then, as if by divine guidance, signs start showing up everywhere nudging you to “move forward.” You start watching Shark Tank, and further consider the journey ahead, the bumps don’t look insurmountable, bumps are to be expected. So you decide to head out on the yellow brick road; you take out the loan, you sign the lease, you stick your neck out. This is gonna be good!

Six months later nothing has really happended. A lot is going out the door, with less coming in, you’re in the middle of the desert of your dream. Where there was once an open road now lies nothing but dry and barren unending miles ahead. Every way you look nothing but sand and cactus. How did I get into this desert?

The Who, What, When, Where, How and Why come flooding in. Now being fearless seems foolish, chasing your dreams feels like chasing your tail. Who am I to think I should get to live my dream? The desert is relentlessly asking you to reject its mirages and forge ahead but you’re tired and weak.

This my friends is where the dreamer either makes or breaks the big dream. What does it take to make it? Possessing the ability to stay focused (tenacity), remembering why you embarked on this journey (the carrot) and holding that vision steadfastly (plain old stubborness) is how the big dream becomes your reality. On this leg of the journey the scenery is monotonous. Chances are those who loves you will, in their own loving way, caution you about the dangers of the desert, dehydration, the blistering hot days and freezing cold nights.

This is also the leg of the journey that is the most empowering and exciting. When  you have the patience to let the Universe start to move things around to ease your path. When you make a regular practice of thanking the Universe, in advance, for your answered prayer. When you celebrate that answer so much you feel it in your bones. Then you go into action by demonstrating your willingness to move into the unknown faithfully. This is where the magic happens and your alignment with your dream takes place.

There is a deep inner knowing when you’ve reached this alignment. This knowing is the oasis. You are stronger for believing you deserve, you are empowered by your struggle and ultimate surrender and vulnerability. Your dream manifests as if by magic and then….

You begin your next journey into the desert of your next big dream.

Feel the love my fellow travelers.

In light,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com 949 | 715.4175

 

 

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Staying Positive – The Undercurrent

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#havingitall, #positivethinking, #stayingpositive, #whynotme, evolve, Love

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about staying positive and thinking positive. Whether they are experiencing challenges, looking for their dream job or finding their soulmate, whatever it is…. Everybody is going to be “positive!!!”

I may sound like a nutjob right now but I think staying positive is what is holding them back from getting what they want. Staying positive feels like I’m resisting the negative and in doing so… ‘what you resist persists’ Right!!!!

The undercurrent of staying positive really focuses on the absence of what we desire. We think “Oh I want – you fill in the blank” and in the same instance we think of the struggle to obtain it.

If you are like most people, which I am, you will spend way more time thinking about the absence of what you want, which will turn into the feeling of that absence, much more than you will focus on the fulfillment of your desire. Which will, in turn, push that desire further away from you rather than closer.

And then you declare “I’m going to stay positive.” More resistance. When we say “I am going to be positive” we put that positive feeling out in the future somewhere. We’ve now doubled our resistance. We are resisting giving into the negative thought (1) by staying positive sometime in the future (2).

A vicious circle you say! It doesn’t have to be. Yet getting out isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes determination. It takes a willingness to hold onto to that desire regardless of what the real world is showing you right now. You’ve built a certain momentum. To shift that momentum you get to shift what you focus on and build a new momentum. It takes faith that what is already inside of you is waiting to show you what you can do.

On the days all you have to hang your hat on is “staying positive” what if you surrendered lack and sarcity rather than resisting it. Be willing to stand in the uncomfortable energy of what is deemed “negative.” What if you asked Spirit to show you something you have forgotten about yourself. What if that “negative” is really a “positive” you’ve been resisting.

Something to think about.

In light and with love

Teri Hunter

http://www.terihunter.com | 949.715.4175

 

Conviction of the Heart

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#convictionoftheheart, #courage, #ichoose, #igotthis, #loveyourself, #whatsatstake, Love

I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness, love and prosperity and what it means to say “I am fully living my life.”

The first thing I noticed was that I was trying to define what it “means to say I am living my life fully.” Sounds like I care more about what other people think about “my full life” than I care about how I feel living it.

Conviction and commitment are unwavering by nature. Happiness, love, and abundance are the product of a person’s willingness to have commitment and conviction to their own heart’s urgings. Our souls yearn for this vibration so that we can allow these experiences into our physical space.

Every single one of us walking planet Earth has had our heart broken by someone or something. We hope that things will fall into place or that they will change. This is where most of us sell ourselves short. We give up and settle for what is being offered rather than what we truly need. If you think about it… really get deep and ask yourself “Do I walk a path with Conviction of my Heart leading the way?”

Conviction of the Heart takes courage. Conviction of the Heart says “I will protect and serve your highest and greatest good. My commitment is to your infinite happiness and joy. Rely on your conviction as you transition out of any ‘virtual’ experience that asks you to dim your light or dull your desires.”

Trust the Conviction of your Heart. Listen to its wisdom as it steers you away from what you ‘thought’ you wanted into what you have only dreamt of.

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter

http://www.terihunter.com

949.715.4175

 

 

 

Lucky Thirteen

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evolve, freshlens, Gratitude, Healer, Healing, lagunabeach, Love, lucky, monkeymind, permission, Self Exploration, Spiritual Healing, Spirituality, thirteen, Transformational Talk

Thirteen years ago my life was in shambles. I was making one bad decision after another. The more I tried to make the right move, the more left life took me. The more control I tried to exert, the more obviously out of control I was. An endless stream of thoughts focused on “what I wasn’t and what I didn’t have.” Rock bottom revealed itself in the loss of everything I owned, stolen by bandits in the night…. Splattttttttt.

Thirteen years ago I picked myself up; started making decisions based on how they would make me feel, not how they would look to others. Thirteen years ago I noticed my thoughts and saw that they were based on antiquated beliefs. Thirteen years ago I learned it takes courage to appear to fail. Thirteen years ago I started to practice assessing rather than judging and discovered I have fabulous flaws and I celebrated them…

This morning as Lucky and I were taking our walk I looked out over the ocean and felt the most intense feeling of gratitude wash over me. Thoughts of my grandmother; she was an artist, a violinist and a free spirit. She always wanted to live in Laguna, enchanted she called it her sleepy little seaside retreat and talked about taking her easel and painting along the cliffs, smelling the salty air, hearing the seagulls announce the arrival of a new day. Today the magnitude of it hits me…Her dream is my dream and I am living it!!!

Thirteen years ago I gave myself permission to see myself through a fresh lens. What would happen if you gave yourself permission?

Live your best life… You deserve.

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter ~ http://www.terihunter.com

949|715.4175

 

 

 

Matching outfits? Not as cheesy as you think!

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#kindness, #matchingoutfits, #truelove, Love

It’s interesting to me how people can make an impression that they have NO clue they made. A few weeks ago Lucky and I were coming back from our morning walk when we ran into our friend Gale. She was sitting on a bench over looking the magnificent Laguna Beach shore line (yes I brag a bit). We decided to sit and chat for awhile.

Soon a couple, I’m assuming was in their 70s, were walking towards us wearing exactly the same outfit. They looked great!!!! Not a cheesy, matchy match ensemble, but rather nice khakis, coordinating plaid shirts and complementing Patagonia fleece vests. I could hear ZZ Top strike a chord…

Being the shy gal I am I stopped them “Excuse me… do you always dress alike?” They said yes. I asked them how it happened and they explained it had started about 13 years ago, a few years after they got together. She had picked out a shirt for him that she liked herself and decided to get one too. It snowballed from there. He said she picks out most of their outfits. She has impeccable taste; his eyes twinkled.

I hadn’t noticed they were holding hands until we said our goodbyes and they walked away. They had such a peaceful stride. I felt a tinge of envy watching the connection between them.

Since then I’ve been thinking about what it takes to create a bond between two people that declares in every moment I am one half of a whole. I know the buzz words – be vulnerable, be open, be willing. Yet I think it takes more. What I saw between that couple was a deep kindness and reverence for each other. I saw two people who cherished one another.

How did they get there? What permissions did they give themselves to be that willing to experience the potential pitfalls – loss, rejection, and a host of others?

Here’s what I came up:

I think age has something to do with it. The idea that time is finite and the more time we have under our matching belts the less time we have ahead.

I think it has to do with being kind. Literally just being a kind person. And if someone isn’t kind to me, I get to be kind to myself regardless.

I think it has to do with being your authentic self – all the nooks and crannies. I’m not talking “this is me, take it or leave it.” I’m talking this is me as a single person and I’m willing to see who I am as I compromise into couplehood.

I think its about being aware of how I show up when my partner isn’t at his/her best. Am I willing to let my partner be fabulously flawed? I guess this part is about forgiveness. Forgiveness, for me, puts the past in the past and doesn’t rehash every flaw. In that respect it’s also about self-love; treating my partner the way I want to be treated when I’m not at my best.

While I couldn’t find a picture of a “matching”
couple that would do this couple justice. I am without a doubt inspired by them, not so much by their outfits, but the story their outfits told me.

Love is all about choice. Every day I get to make that choice.

Have a great week.

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter 949 | 715.4175 http://www.terihunter.com

Word Vibration of the Week #103 – LOVE

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alive, connection, dependence, Energy, Frequency, Gratitude, Healing, Love, play, power

Happy Sunday Everyone,

It’s Week #103 of 103 – LOVE

Thank you for joining me and welcome back to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week.

I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.

Two years and 103 Words later we reach the final word for this chapter of WVOW – And that word is LOVE…

The Universe is awesome! And how divine is it that our last word is LOVE.

LOVE’s vibration  is the frequency every human strives to experience.

LOVE defies definition. It is boundless and the foundation that links us to the best part of ourselves and enables us to see the best in others.

LOVE is the ultimate vibration. The Holy Grail. It makes all the other vibrations worth traversing. I’m pretty sure it’s why our soul longs for a physical journey.

Thank you all for allowing me to share my thoughts. I have LOVED each and every week.

And just as LOVE is ever expanding so is the life of this blog. I will keep you posted…

Until next time, keep your heart open… LOVE is everywhere!!!

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com Twitter @HunterTeri

Word Vibration of the Week #102 – POWER

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alive, connection, dependence, Energy, Frequency, Gratitude, Healing, Love, play, power

Happy Monday Everyone,

It’s Week #102 of 103 – POWER

Thank you for joining me and welcome back to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week.

I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.

Week #102 – POWER

It’s Monday and I apologize for the being late on the 2nd to the last post (as it is now) of WVOW.

This week’s word, POWER, had me going in a bunch of different directions. I will admit I thought about Hillary and The Don and the power struggle of an election year.  I thought about POWER TO THE PEOPLE and then I saw the phrase above and I thought this is the perfect way for me to depict how I feel the frequency of POWER.

It’s not always easy to take our POWER back when our mind has run amok with “what ifs” or “how will that happen” yet, when I focus my mind on what it is I want to experience I feel empowered and strong.

POWER’s vibration can easily be misused by the Ego, but when I stand in my truth, POWER is God’s loving light leading the way.

Have a great week everyone.

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com Twitter @HunterTeri

Word Vibration of the Week #101 – DEPENDENT

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alive, connection, dependence, Energy, Frequency, Gratitude, Healing, Love, play, valentine

Happy Valentine Sunday Everyone,

It’s Week #101 of 103 – DEPENDENT

Thank you for joining me and welcome back to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week.

I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.

Week #101 – DEPENDENT

Ok, I’ll admit it, this word’s vibration straight up scared me. I immediately felt powerless, weak, and less than…. everything!!!!

This word’s frequency got me thinking about relationships and if I were in a situation where I was DEPENDENT on another. You know the big DEPENDENT where I have little to no say in my life, how would that look?  Whoaaaaaa…. Can you say trust issues? To be DEPENDENT is to display the highest vibration of trust.

While I know we come into his world DEPENDENT on others, I just don’t particularly like the idea of going back there in my old age. And that leads to the greatest reason to get my b*tt off the couch and get that blood pumping.

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all, only two weeks left to this version of my blog…. Let me know if you want the Vibes to continue.

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com Twitter @HunterTeri

Word Vibration of the Week #100 – EXPRESSION

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alive, connection, Energy, Frequency, Gratitude, Healing, Love, play

Happy SUPERBOWL Sunday Everyone,

It’s Week #100 of 103 – EXPRESSION

Thank you for joining me and welcome back to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week.

I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.

Week #100 – EXPRESSION

This week’s word, EXPRESSION, marks a milestone… It is the 100th word post from WVOW and it is the vibration that this blog was born of.

EXPRESSION is the benchmark of freedom and it is imperative for me to experience life in its sweetest, richest hues.

EXPRESSION is the foundation of creativity. It has a youthful frequency that demands attention. From my perspective it is the driving force behind all human endeavors from the building of Mount Rushmore to putting a man on the Moon, to countless others.

I have enjoyed EXPRESSing myself these last two years and find myself contemplating the final weeks of this blog. I’m not sure I am ready to let go of this forum for my EXPRESSION…. we’ll have to see???

Have a great week everyone and I hope you are enjoying being an exquisite EXPRESSION of love (whether you know it or not!).

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com Twitter @HunterTeri

Word Vibration of the Week #99 – CONNECTION

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alive, connection, Energy, Frequency, Gratitude, Healing, Love, play

Happy Sunday Everyone,

It’s Week #99 of 103 – CONNECTION

Thank you for joining me and welcome back to my blog. The official site of Word Vibration of the Week (WVOW). My intention for this blog is to create a community where we can share our thoughts and ideas about how words resonant with our energy. I look forward to your comments and our discussions. For those of you familiar with these posts, please feel free to jump to the next paragraph. For those of you new to my posts here is a brief description of Word Vibration of the Week.

I have always been fascinated with the idea that words carry a certain vibration, an energy of their own. My fascination is fueled by the idea that two words having similar meanings can feel vastly different energetically. I wanted to know how particular words landed on other people. Do they feel a word’s individual character like I do? Do other people notice how the words we use, in large part, create the experience we are having? I decided to write random words, 103 to be exact, on pieces of paper. I folded them into little squares and tossed them into a bowl. Each week I will draw a new word and post how this word feels to me, energetically. These words are the basis for my interactive post(s), “Word Vibration of the Week.” I invite you to join me each week and share how each WVOW lands on you.

Week #99 – CONNECTION

I have heard it said many times that humans are hard-wired for CONNECTION. As I thought about this week’s word I realized it’s the key ingredient to me feeling loved. CONNECTION’s vibration says I value this person, place or thing and I am valued in return. It’s frequency is present, open and paying attention to that which it is CONNECTED to.

It creates a safe harbor where I can speak my truth, be myself and you can do the same. CONNECTION is the first child of vulnerability.

When I vulnerable enough to embrace CONNECTION’s frequency my life feels richer, more fulfilling, and dare I say magical.

Create a CONNECTION this week, spread some magic…

In light and with love,

Teri Hunter http://www.terihunter.com Twitter @HunterTeri